"Rising Damp (film) Rising Damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the British situation comedy ""Rising Damp"", which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from Eric Chappell's stage play ""The Banana Box"". Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. The film's director was Joseph McGrath. Leonard Rossiter plays Rupert Rigsby, the middle-aged landlord of a decrepit townhouse. Rigsby has fallen for his only female tenant, Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour). Ruth, however, prefers Philip, who is much younger, more attractive, and more sophisticated"
"Party in the 1970s. De la Tour has two brothers, the elder Simon and the younger Andy. Frances de la Tour Frances de la Tour, also Frances J. de Lautour, (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. She performed as Mrs. Lintott in the play ""The History Boys"" in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in"
"Frances de la Tour Frances de la Tour, also Frances J. de Lautour, (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. She performed as Mrs. Lintott in the play ""The History Boys"" in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in the 2006 film. Her other film roles include Madame Olympe Maxime in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet"
"2009, she appeared in Alan Bennett's new play ""The Habit of Art"" at the National. In 2012, she returned to the National in her third Bennett premiere, ""People"". Her many television appearances during the 1980s and 1990s include the 1980 miniseries ""Flickers"" opposite Bob Hoskins, the TV version of ""Duet for One"", for which she received a BAFTA nomination, the series ""A Kind of Living"" (1988–89), Dennis Potter's ""Cold Lazarus"" (1996), and ""Tom Jones"" (1997). Of all her TV roles, however, she is best known for playing spinster Ruth Jones in the successful Yorkshire television comedy ""Rising Damp"", from 1974"
"Miss Jones and Son Miss Jones and Son was a comedy series first broadcast on ITV in 1977. It starred Paula Wilcox, Christopher Beeny, Charlotte Mitchell and Norman Bird. It was written by Richard Waring and produced and directed by Peter Frazer-Jones. Roger Webb wrote the theme song, ""Bright Idea"" (from the DeWolfe production music album, ""Awakening"" (DWS/LP 3302). The series depicted the life of Elizabeth Jones (Paula Wilcox), a young woman coming to terms with the responsibility of looking after her baby, Rolland 'Rollie' Jones (full name: Rolland Desmond Geoffrey Alan Jones), alone. Emotional support came in the form"
"to 1978. De la Tour told Richard Webber, who penned a 2001 book about the series, that Ruth Jones ""was an interesting character to play. We laughed a lot on set, but comedy is a serious business, and Leonard took it particularly seriously, and rightly so. Comedy, which is so much down to timing, is exhausting work. But it was a happy time."" Upon reprising her ""Rising Damp"" role in the 1980 film version, she won Best Actress at the Evening Standard Film Awards. In the mid-1980s, de la Tour was considered, along with Joanna Lumley and Dawn French, as"
"show, now titled ""Chrissy & Mr. Jones"". ""Chrissy & Mr. Jones"" chronicles Chrissy and Jim's romantic struggles, as well as their business ventures, specifically Jim's ""Vamp Life"" clothing brand. Several members of Chrissy and Jim's inner circle appear as supporting cast members in green screen confessional interview segments throughout the series. They include Chrissy's best friend and former """" co-star Emily Bustamante, Jim's mother Nancy Jones, Nancy's long-time friend and occasional business partner Freddie Robinson Jr. and celebrity stylist Talia Coles. Chrissy and Jim's housekeeper Paulina and Jim's personal assistant Tina Lauren would appear in minor supporting roles, while Rev."
"Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ""In"
"in Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, aged 67. Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy"
"include ""Pride's Crossing"" (1997–98) and ""The Glass Menagerie"" (2013–14). Her film appearances include ""The Horse Whisperer"" (1998), ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000), ""The Village"" (2004), ""Amelia"" (2009) and ""The Beaver"" (2011). In 2012, she played Dr. Judith Evans on the NBC drama ""Awake"". Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee. Her mother was a high school teacher and her father owned a flower shop. Her parents were very supportive of her theatrical ambitions, encouraging her interest by sending her to classes with local drama teacher, Ruby Krider. Jones takes great pains to credit her high school speech teacher, Linda Wilson, with her first"
"Georgina Spelvin Georgina Spelvin (born March 1, 1936) is the stage name of Shelley Bob Graham, a former American actress and pornographic performer who is best known as the star of the classic pornographic film ""The Devil in Miss Jones"". Spelvin was born in Houston, Texas at 2:24 pm on March 1, 1936 as Shelley Bob Graham. Her father was a geophysicist, and the family moved frequently. She often took dancing lessons during childhood. She graduated from high school in 1954. ""At first, I wanted to be an opera singer but my voice wasn't good enough. My second choice was"
"excelled at sports and found solace in the nature of Jamaica. Marjorie and Robert eventually brought their children – including the 13 year old Grace – to live with them in the US, where they had settled in Lyncourt, Salina, New York, near Syracuse. It was in the city that her father had established his own ministry, the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, in 1956. Jones continued her schooling and after she graduated, enrolled at Onondaga Community College majoring in Spanish. Jones began to rebel against her parents and their religion; she began wearing makeup, drinking alcohol, and visiting gay"
"children with Marjorie's mother and her new husband, Peart. Jones knew him as ""Mas P"" ('Master P') and later noted that she ""absolutely hated him""; as a strict disciplinarian he regularly beat the children in his care, representing what Jones described as ""serious abuse"". She was raised into the family's Pentecostal faith, having to take part in prayer meetings and Bible readings every night. She initially attended the Pentecostal All Saints School, before being sent to a nearby public school. As a child, shy Jones had only one schoolfriend and was teased by classmates for her ""skinny frame"", but she"
"into the Iroquois tribe and given the Mohawk name ""Desagondensta"", meaning ""he stands people on their feet"". Jones was baptised Anglican by Reverend Ralph Leeming at the request of his father in 1820, but internally he did not accept Christianity. Jones would later say that although the instruction he received in Christianity from his father, his stepmother and his old schoolteacher George Hughes had attracted him to the religion, the conduct of the white Christian settlers ""drunk, quarreling, fighting and cheating the poor Indians, and acting as if there was no God"" convinced him there could be no truth in"
"in Montgomery, where they made their home. Mary Gaston Jones died on May 12, 1989 in her 101st year—83 years after the death of her husband's first wife. Jones's family was devoutly Christian—his mother a Primitive Baptist and his father an ""immersed"" Methodist. The family attended a nearby Methodist church where Bob Jones was converted at age 11. But as a portent of Jones's later non-denominationalism, he too was baptized by immersion before joining the Methodists. At age 12, Jones was made Sunday School superintendent, and he held his first revival meeting at his home church—seeing sixty conversions in a"
"Mary Jones had become a national icon by the end of the nineteenth century, and was a significant figure in Welsh nonconformism. Mary Jones was from a poor family, the daughter of a weaver, who lived at Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Abergynolwyn, at the foot of Cader Idris near Dolgellau. She was born in December 1784. Her parents were devout Calvinistic Methodists, and she herself professed the Christian faith at eight years of age. Having learned to read in the circulating schools organised by Thomas Charles, it became her burning desire to possess a Bible of her own. The nearest copy was at"
"official website, Georgiespelvin.com. Wins Nominations Georgina Spelvin Georgina Spelvin (born March 1, 1936) is the stage name of Shelley Bob Graham, a former American actress and pornographic performer who is best known as the star of the classic pornographic film ""The Devil in Miss Jones"". Spelvin was born in Houston, Texas at 2:24 pm on March 1, 1936 as Shelley Bob Graham. Her father was a geophysicist, and the family moved frequently. She often took dancing lessons during childhood. She graduated from high school in 1954. ""At first, I wanted to be an opera singer but my voice wasn't good"
"great popularity in the ""Jones"" series, filmdom's first comedy series, in which she played Mrs. Jones in around a dozen films. More popular still were the dramatic love stories in which she co-starred with John R. Cumpson, as Mr. Jones, and Arthur Johnson. The two played husband and wife in ""The Ingrate"", and the adulterous lovers in ""Resurrection"". Lawrence and Solter began to look elsewhere for work, writing to the Essanay Company to offer their services as leading lady and director. Rather than accepting this offer, however, Essanay reported the offer to Biograph's head office, and they were promptly fired."
"include ""A Few Good Men"" (2005), ""Blithe Spirit"" (2009), ""Top Girls"" (2011), ""Beautiful Thing"" (2013) and """" (2014). Jones was born Sarah Anne Jones in Chadderton, Oldham, on 27 August 1978, the daughter of Chris and Jenny Jones, an engineer and a secretary, respectively. She has an older brother named Gary. Jones was brought up as a Catholic; her priest suggested to her father she be christened Sarah Anne, instead of Suranne, her great-grandmother's name, as Suranne was not ""a proper name"". Jones grew up in a house on Foxdenton Lane, surrounded by two farms and their fields and commented"
"unaware of the unconventionality of her arrangements. Junior Jones: African-American football player at the private school in Dairy, New Hampshire. He is quiet, and unlike most of his fellow players. He helps rescue Franny from being raped, and is a source of comfort for Franny afterward. After many years, the two marry and give their child to John and Susie. Chipper Dove: Football player who raped Franny and was Franny's first love. Out of love-sickness, Franny remained in contact with him even after the rape. After the family moved back to the States, they encountered Chipper again, but they staged"
"and entering employment working for L’Oréal selling cosmetics. A former punk rock guitarist and singer active during the 1990s in an all-female band called Krunch, Jones is reported to have been living on welfare benefits (which she denied) in a council house in Chatham, Kent and to have used a food bank before her departure for Syria. Spending much time on the internet, she became interested in witchcraft and alternative life-styles. Jones converted to Islam and left her previous partner claiming, in social media exchanges with ""Sunday Times"" journalist Dipesh Gadher, that the Iraq War had converted her (around May"
"Krysten Ritter Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981) is an American actress, model, musician and author. Ritter is known for her roles as lead superheroine Jessica Jones on the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ""Jessica Jones"" and the crossover miniseries ""The Defenders"", Jane Margolis on the AMC drama series ""Breaking Bad"", and Chloe on the ABC comedy series ""Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23"". She has also had roles in the television series ""Gravity"", ""'Til Death"", ""Veronica Mars"", ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Gossip Girl"", and ""The Blacklist"", and has appeared in films such as ""What Happens in Vegas"" (2008), ""27 Dresses"""
"Marie Jones Sarah Marie Jones (born 1951) is a Belfast-based actress and playwright. Born into a working-class Protestant family, Jones was an actress for several years before turning her hand to writing. Her plays have been staged on Broadway in New York as well as in Northern Ireland. She helped found the Charabanc Theatre Company, an all-women touring group. It was created to help counteract the lack of roles for women, and which produced a series of collaboratively written original works. The group’s first play, ""Lay Up Your Ends"", based on a strike by mill girls in the early part"
"Jones preached that alcohol, dances, and the theater, were sinful. He became known for his admonition, ""Quit Your Meanness."" As an example of his preaching, once in an evangelistic Campaign in San Antonio, Texas, Jones hollered that the only difference between San Antonio and hell was that there was a river running down the middle of it. Jones married Laura McElwain of Kentucky. They resided at Roselawn, a mansion in Cartersville, Georgia. By 1895, the two story house had been lifted up with an enormous first floor added underneath. Also on the property were a schoolhouse, greenhouse, smokehouse, a large"
"called to me, 'Tom, you must go with me.' His looks were ugly and his voice was savage. I was very much afraid, and began to cry, holding on to my mother's clothes and begging her to protect me, and not let the man take me away."" Thomas H. Jones took his last name from Mr. Jones the storekeeper, for whom he worked as a house servant and then a store clerk. Jones obtained some education from Mr. Jones. At the age of 20, Thomas married Lucilla Smith, a young woman of 17 and slave to a neighbor, Mrs. Moore."
"Savanna Samson Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertainment, and is known for her roles in acclaimed adult films such as ""The New Devil in Miss Jones"". In addition to performing, she has her own adult film studio, Savanna Samson Productions. A native of upstate New York, she entered the adult film industry in 2000, after working as a dancer at the Manhattan strip club, Scores. Samson"
"Jim's girlfriend Chrissy Lampkin and her circle of friends. The series, now known as """", went on to become a huge success, spawning a media franchise that included the spin-offs """", """", ""Chrissy & Mr. Jones"", """", """" and ""Leave It To Stevie"". In addition to the ""Love & Hip Hop"" franchise, Monami Entertainment has produced ""Donald Trump Presents: The Ultimate Merger"" for TV One, ""Cocaine: History Between the Lines"" for the History Channel, ""The Gossip Game"" and ""This Is Hot 97"" for VH1, ""The New Atlanta"" for Bravo and ""Money. Power. Respect."" for WE tv, as well as the"
"life. She also appeared in the AMC original television drama series ""Mad Men"" for seven seasons as young suburban housewife and mother Betty Draper Francis. She received two Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy nomination for her performances. Jones is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty, the love interest of both Steve Stifler and Paul Finch in the 2003 comedy film ""American Wedding"", the third installment of the ""American Pie"" film series. She played a con artist in the ""Law & Order"" episode ""Quit Claim"" who, as a lone surviving suspect connected to a real estate scam involving"
"here! The fact that there was hard-core sex involved was incidental as far as I was concerned. I was totally deluded. I had made myself believe that I was an actress. I was showing true life as it really was, including actual sex as it really happened, instead of the phony stuff that you got from Hollywood. That was my raison d'etre throughout the whole thing. It was okay; I was okay; I wasn't a slut.""<br>(on ""Devil in Miss Jones"")<br>- Georgina Spelvin The stage name she adopted is a variation on George Spelvin, a name traditionally used as a pseudonym"
"said that her first role was at the age of 8, in ""Wait Until Dark"" as Gloria. Upon joining the trade union Equity, Jones took on the stage name 'Suranne', as her birth name was already taken, and union rules dictate that each union member must have a different name. Having obtained an agent at 15, she began to act in the theatre. Jones's television career began in 1997, with a small role in ""Coronation Street"" in April 1997 as Mandy Phillips, a girlfriend of Chris Collins (Matthew Marsden). She was then cast in a television advert for Maltesers, guest"
"turn of the century, fighting evil in his own inimitable way. Miss Jones also had a slightly awkward relationship with Adamant's manservant, a former music hall artist named William E. Simms (Jack May), who was acquired during an adventure in Blackpool. There were 29 episodes of ""Adam Adamant"", of which 17 survive. <br> Georgina Jones Miss Georgina Jones is a fictional character played by Juliet Harmer in the BBC television adventure series, ""Adam Adamant Lives!"" (1966-7). ""Adam Adamant"" was created by Richard Harris and Donald Cotton, with significant creative input by script editor Tony Williamson and the BBC's Head of"
"Mary Kay Stearns Mary Katherine Jones (born October 27, 1925), better known by her stage name Mary Kay Stearns, is an American actress best known for portraying the fictional version of herself on the sitcom ""Mary Kay and Johnny"" from 1947 until 1950. Stearns' career began at the age of 2 and a half as an actress and singer at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. She also appeared in several films before going to Broadway. On November 18, 1947, the DuMont Television Network debuted a new show starring Mary Kay and her newlywed husband Johnny entitled ""Mary Kay and"
"Me and Mrs Jones (TV series) Me and Mrs Jones is a British comedy about the life of a woman named Gemma Jones. The first series began on 12 October 2012 on BBC One. It stars Sarah Alexander and Neil Morrissey. On 10 December 2012, it was announced that the comedy would not return for a second series. Gemma Jones is the mother of twin daughters Charlotte and Jess and adult son Alfie. The show follows Gemma's life as she navigates relationships with Tom, the father of one her daughters' playmates, and Billy, a friend of Alfie's. ""Me and Mrs"